tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post2485847487788691495..comments2024-03-18T19:47:35.007-06:00Comments on Standing Into Danger: The Lansdowne Letters: Ablutions and Indian DogsFundy Bluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-44936105855108191722017-04-04T14:42:05.933-06:002017-04-04T14:42:05.933-06:00Very interesting!!! Big Hugs! Very interesting!!! Big Hugs! Magic Love Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14133368208464734546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-23407684561015641242017-03-29T22:51:19.122-06:002017-03-29T22:51:19.122-06:00Hi Stacy! It has been nice to meet you! Seeing y...Hi Stacy! It has been nice to meet you! Seeing your crow icon put a big smile on my face. Thanks for your kind words about my pictures and writing. I'm Canadian by birth, but I'm currently an American citizen living in Colorado. So I have two countries. Hugs back to you!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-77606303987735574732017-03-29T22:45:55.986-06:002017-03-29T22:45:55.986-06:00Thanks for your encouraging words, Baili! I'm...Thanks for your encouraging words, Baili! I'm so glad that you enjoyed the photos and my memories. It's hard to understand how the Ojibway Indians lived then, but it was a very difficult time for them as a people. Their traditional way of life as hunters and trappers was rapidly vanishing with nothing to replace it, and the government was attempting to assimilate them into a white population by eliminating their culture and language. The Ojibway people lived in an isolated and harsh environment on the edge of starvation, and they had almost nothing. The way that they looked at and experienced the world was completely different from white Canadians. It was a time of clashing cultures and sudden change, but they survived it. Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-90110229212788318232017-03-29T20:31:43.353-06:002017-03-29T20:31:43.353-06:00Thanks, Joylene! It's funny how many things w...Thanks, Joylene! It's funny how many things we realize were blessings in our childhood ~ after we've grown up. I hope all is well with you!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-82210720623936834272017-03-29T20:26:48.222-06:002017-03-29T20:26:48.222-06:00Thanks for the encouragement, Donna! Yes, I am si...Thanks for the encouragement, Donna! Yes, I am simultaneously working on a book. Have a good one!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-49864281069156896402017-03-29T20:24:19.648-06:002017-03-29T20:24:19.648-06:00Hi Sage! Thanks for the interesting blog recommen...Hi Sage! Thanks for the interesting blog recommendation. I will check it out. The mounds of laundry, mail, papers, and unpacking from being away basically since mid-October are gone, and my internal clock is back on track, so I can finally think about blogging again. I hope all is well with you!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-18844618436458667392017-03-29T20:14:19.888-06:002017-03-29T20:14:19.888-06:00Hi, Susan! I'm sorry I'm so late replying...Hi, Susan! I'm sorry I'm so late replying. Blogging fell apart for me my last few days in Hawaii and during my first few days at home. I took home economics too. We didn't try out powdered milk though. I still use a cranberry tea bread recipe that we baked in home economics in Grade 9. Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-41724235281180832512017-03-29T14:19:39.365-06:002017-03-29T14:19:39.365-06:00I first have to say, hi, nice to meet you! Thanks ...I first have to say, hi, nice to meet you! Thanks for coming by my blog, after you read about me, from Alex's blog! That was very kind of you!<br />What an experience of you and your family! I think it's horrible for what you went through and for what the poor Indian children did too! I really enjoyed your pictures and reading everything! Thank you!<br />Are you Canadian? <br />Big Hugs! Magic Love Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14133368208464734546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-69632606549059625162017-03-28T00:40:44.706-06:002017-03-28T00:40:44.706-06:00How strange that Indian children were sent to scho...How strange that Indian children were sent to school without any proper preparation and breakfast.<br />i belong to a small village [35 houses only] but our manner of life were quite decent and organized . <br /><br />your father dealt with that hard situation with high sensibility .<br />i loved your childhood photographs. How interesting to have father as your teacher.<br />your sharing is captivating my dear friend,keep up the lovely job!<br />lots of love and best wishes to you and family.bailihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06498012175058870980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-7693790430999823682017-03-27T08:13:08.197-06:002017-03-27T08:13:08.197-06:00The powdered milk was horrible. I was one of the l...The powdered milk was horrible. I was one of the lucky ones. We had fresh milk from a cow every day. Blessings that I wasn't aware of until I grew up. Thanks for another wonderful story. Your father sounds like a true hero.Joylene Nowell Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04497637513532136615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-27437281498220940212017-03-22T11:54:02.945-06:002017-03-22T11:54:02.945-06:00I'm always so impressed by your posts. Will yo...I'm always so impressed by your posts. Will you be pulling these all together to create a book? Your descendants will thank you, methinks.Donna K. Weaverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763832177263927311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-60858753948847719842017-03-21T08:55:20.141-06:002017-03-21T08:55:20.141-06:00You have to check out this blog--of a 20-something...You have to check out this blog--of a 20-something who is teaching in the arctic today! http://thebrightestboy.blogspot.com/2017/03/landed-in-north.htmlsagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-57780040286062973242017-03-20T18:39:25.869-06:002017-03-20T18:39:25.869-06:00I grew up on a dairy farm so I never tasted powder...I grew up on a dairy farm so I never tasted powdered milk until our home economics teacher in high school made us try it. It was awful! The things teachers are expected to do is a never ending list but at least modern teachers don't have to do all that.Susan Gourley/Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02669793865290876168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-3941691552729179652017-03-19T14:06:43.012-06:002017-03-19T14:06:43.012-06:00LOL, Jim! I did get off my computer and go swimmi...LOL, Jim! I did get off my computer and go swimming. While we were hanging out on our float rings in the Waikiki waves, we started chatting with another couple. The lady was from Clementsport, N.S. and she and her husband currently live in Parkers Cove on the Fundy Shore. This area is lousy with Canadian snowbirds! <br /><br />I'm glad that you love my story, Jim. It's comments like yours that keep me plugging away.<br /><br />It seems like lots of people in our generation had powdered milk during our childhoods! Such happy memories ~ BIG LOL!<br /><br />Have a good one, my friend!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-70818343045754539892017-03-18T15:31:49.077-06:002017-03-18T15:31:49.077-06:00First off Ms. Louise a HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you!! You...First off Ms. Louise a HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you!! Your plans for today sounded perfect! And what a tradition to keep going!!<br />Powdered milk! I also grew up with it. As my parents had 9 kids to feed and quench, they/and we older ones had to mix it up every day. We did however mixed it half and half with regular homogenized milk.....PHEW! It was a little better.<br />Lucky you to have been chosen to mix it twice a day back then.....but here you are sharing this with all your readers many years later. I LOVE your story, Louise, as so many others do.<br />Now get off this computer and go for a swim, will ya!! lolJimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11199777195853274898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-39744664060675548872017-03-18T14:35:44.867-06:002017-03-18T14:35:44.867-06:00Hi Jean! Thank you for the lovely birthday wishes...Hi Jean! Thank you for the lovely birthday wishes on Facebook! I always enjoy hearing your memories of growing up. I had the same kind of milk in bottles in school during the 1950s and even into the mid-1960s. "Milk count" was part of the morning beginning routine in a number of schools I attended. I drank about of quart of milk every day growing up, right through university. To this day there is nothing I enjoy more than milk and warm chocolate chip cookies. Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-37895020685190506502017-03-18T14:29:25.465-06:002017-03-18T14:29:25.465-06:00Hi, Sage! I'm hearing from a number of people...Hi, Sage! I'm hearing from a number of people that powdered milk is good for cooking. Maybe I shall try that. When we were up North we made ice cream out of condensed canned milk, but that was a rare treat because it cost more than powdered milk to ship. How awesome to have backpacked the Appalachian Trail. You have great adventures big and small! Have a good one!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-34707558908833844522017-03-18T14:24:31.407-06:002017-03-18T14:24:31.407-06:00Aloha, dear Linda! Thank you for your kind commen...Aloha, dear Linda! Thank you for your kind comment, as always! You are a sweetheart! Enjoy the remainder of a last winter weekend. Sending you hugs and love!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-76609710614619377342017-03-17T19:35:21.215-06:002017-03-17T19:35:21.215-06:00We used powdered milk when we lived about 45minut...We used powdered milk when we lived about 45minutes from a shop. But I found the low-fat variety mixed up lots better than the full cream. At my primary school, in the 1940's,YES all that long time ago, milk was delivered in bottles that had a cardboard top, with a little circle in the centre, punch it with the straw, and drink it all.I am guessing it might have been outside till playtime, summer and winter. Funny, as most of us came off farms, and could have all the milk we wanted. But guess it did some good in my growing days as the knee X-Ray shows no arthritis ( does milk keep it away?).Enjoy any real milk from any real chilled part of any real store.Nancy Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11854698513524662527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-8152891628195200962017-03-17T18:19:39.064-06:002017-03-17T18:19:39.064-06:00More good stories. Powder milk is great for cooki...More good stories. Powder milk is great for cooking... I did drink it when I backpacked the Appalachian Trail, mixing it with a breakfast drink mix when I could get cold spring water! sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-63115904220079918042017-03-17T17:39:54.205-06:002017-03-17T17:39:54.205-06:00What a beautiful childhood photo of you, Louise! ...What a beautiful childhood photo of you, Louise! Love your posts. Thank you so much for sharing, and Happy St. Patrick's Day to you, my cherished friend. :)Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12692170857496442623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-22166568647134604312017-03-17T14:40:07.096-06:002017-03-17T14:40:07.096-06:00It was! LOL Wishing you and your Rare One a happ...It was! LOL Wishing you and your Rare One a happy St. Patrick's Day!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-68630580494406248112017-03-17T14:31:23.246-06:002017-03-17T14:31:23.246-06:00Oh, it all sounds just too, too dreadful.Oh, it all sounds just too, too dreadful.Debra She Who Seekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845703092794695023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-88633529081214829652017-03-17T14:12:54.477-06:002017-03-17T14:12:54.477-06:00You're so sweet, Janie! Thank you for the kin...You're so sweet, Janie! Thank you for the kind words! We always had powdered milk in the house when we were growing up ~ for bad weather or if we ran out and couldn't get to a store. I was 15 before my family had two cars, and we were often somewhere remote. Have a great weekend! Sending hugs!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349947899983990762.post-26084153199119981082017-03-17T14:10:02.119-06:002017-03-17T14:10:02.119-06:00You would not have enjoyed living in the North bac...You would not have enjoyed living in the North back then, Pat! LOL It was beyond germy. Bad germs ~ influenza, measles, chicken pox, TB. Have a great weekend!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.com